I did my fuel filter about a month ago, following Pauls useful guide, as i'm pretty sure it had never been replaced. Mine is a 1990 GL so the filter is more conveniently fitted to the bulkhead. I sprayed, the unions with Plusgas a couple of days before and they came off fairly easily. The difficulty i had was trying to tighten them sufficiently once the new filter was on as access is a bit restricted especially by the bonnet spring/hinge. I ended up buying a 15/17mm flared spanner from Halfords for about £6 as (this is like a ring spanner but has a slot cut out so you can pass the pipe through it). Probably will never use the spanner again but it helped me to tighten the union without rounding off the nut. Hope this helps and good luck. Dave

agree - fuel filters can be a pain !
 

Interesting read - I had similar dramas with the fuel filter on our '85 240 . What I expected to be a 10 minute job took ages - stilsons , hack saw, much cursing - and again hard to seal new filter .

same era BMW is under car near tank but has barbed fittings and rubber hose with hose clamps .

Cheers

Second fuel filter?
 

I have just replaced the fuel filter under my 1991 240 Torslanda and I still get the fuel starvation symptoms. Car runs fine for half a mile, then dies. Is there another fuel filter nearer the injectors?